When TikTok user @MiaTomeo uploaded her and her parents' emotional reactions to the news that she had been accepted into Tulane University, the last thing she expected was for it to become the next hot meme on the market.
In the video, Tomeo can be seen hopping up and down while her teary-eyed father leans in toward the screen, saying, "No way. There's no way."
@miatomeo posting bc i love these videos and this is the happiest i’ve been for a while getting into my dream school :):) #college #collegeacceptance #tulane
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Tomeo shared the video in December which soon garnered the undivided attention of the Internet, racking up over five million likes on the platform. According to KnowYourMeme.com, several days after Tomeo uploaded the video, user @aaron.ps used the duet function on TikTok to riff on the video.
@aaron.ps miatomeo LMAO faxs 💀 #fy #fyp #foryou #foryoupage
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There’s No Way my Smackalicious sauce came in the mail today 😳 #TheresNoWay #TikTok #Seafood #CookingWithCoach pic.twitter.com/aNEyqDPPq8
— Hawks Talon GC Coach (@wesleyacuff) January 6, 2020
A variety of TikTok users have since utilized the duet function alongside the joyful reaction video in an increasingly bizarre number of contexts, resulting in the birth of the meme we now know today as the "There's no way" TikTok.